so here is something i always wanted to do is to pit movies shows and actors and properties
against each other you see in my mind everything has an alternate living form and they usually
look like dragons i know for example: this is my king of the monsters dragon this is my Godzilla
vs Kong 2021 dragon if we took everything these movies were made of and embody it within these
beings which one would win now ideally i would love a whole animation made from these things
lashing out at each other but it is what it is I'm comparing them to each other based on
how they stand on their own as a film and how they stand against each other based on their
reception and execution so let's get into a quick rundown on what each of these movies have to offer
their reviews and their execution let's start with 2019 Godzilla king of the monsters
Godzilla king of the monsters is a 2019 American monster film directed and written by Michael
Dougherty it's a sequel to Godzilla 2014 and the 35th film of the Godzilla franchise the third film
in the Legendary's monster verse and the third Godzilla film to be completely produced by a
Hollywood studio set in the modern day for the time a group of eco-terrorists led by Alan Jonah
a formal colonel in the British army and special agent the secret intelligence service who lost his
daughter these eco-terrorists believe that mankind is a stain on the earth and that a three-headed
titan frozen in the ice should be let loose to restore the order and reset the population of
the human race the rest of humans rely on the good titans Godzilla a colossal dinosaur-like creature
and Mothra a benevolent super-sized moth
to defeat king Ghidorah a three-headed dragon of destruction who can control almost all the
other titans into destroying the world Godzilla king of the monsters released may 31st of 2019.
next up is Godzilla vs Kong 2021 Godzilla vs Kong is a 2021 American monster film directed by Adam
Wingard which is a sequel to both Godzilla king of the monsters 2019 and kong skull island 2017 and
is the fourth film in legendary's monster verse as well as a 36 film in the Godzilla franchise
the 12th film in the King Kong franchise and the fourth Godzilla film to be completely produced by
a hollywood studio set in modern times for the year when Godzilla once thought to be a hero
starts attacking humans monarch recruits kong to help them by bringing him to the hollow earth to
retrieve an energy source to stop Godzilla's mysterious rampages Godzilla vs Kong was
theatrically released internationally on march 24 2021 and in the united states on march 31st
where it was released in theaters and on HBO max on the same day which was something that generally
was not done at the time so let's go into how they compare these movies do stand on their own but to
adequately compare them and contrast them as if they were having a battle we would have to pick
apart their similarities and their differences let's start off with the similarities between
godzilla king of the monsters and godzilla vs kong they both have a ton of kaiju scenes they
both focus on the titular kaiju main characters there's a reason why the kaiju are fighting
or are aggressive and both are set in modern times now what are the differences between godzilla
king of the monsters and Godzilla vs Kong for one godzilla is the bad guy in godzilla vs kong where
he is the good guy in king of the monsters kong is in godzilla vs kong another alpha kaiju who is a
good guy in king of the monsters he is not in that movie and another alpha is the bad guy there are
less kaiju in godzilla vs kong than in king of the monsters but way more action when the kaiju
were on screen in Godzilla vs Kong it is mostly focused on kong while in king of the monsters it
is mostly focused on Godzilla all the humans are a big part of the movie and king of the monsters
and the drama is usually focused on them while in godzilla versus kong the drama is usually focused
on the titans and whenever the humans are on screen they keep the focus on the titans
in king of the monsters much of what we see of the battles of the monsters are either in the
background and off-screen or constantly cut away from while in godzilla vs kong we see the fights
almost straight through and very clearly between the titans also king of the monsters took itself
seriously godzilla vs kong was more lighthearted king of the monsters had mostly nighttime scenes
where it was either too dark dusk or snowing in different environments where it was difficult to
see what was going on godzilla vs kong had an even mixture of daytime scenes and night time scenes
but regardless everything was clear and easy to see and enjoy godzilla king of the monsters
had a run time of 2 hours and 12 minutes godzilla vs kong had a run time of an hour and 53 minutes
king of the monsters had a budget of 170 million while godzilla vs kong had a budget of 160 to
200 million so those are the similarities and differences of course there are many more but
those are the main ones now let's take a look at the reviews so the metacritic score for
godzilla king of the monsters got a critic score of 48 and a user score out of 891 ratings of 7.1
at the time of this video meanwhile godzilla vs kong 2021 got a critic score of 60 and a user
score of 7.1 as well but only out of a 285 rating on rotten tomatoes godzilla king of the monsters
got a critic score of 42 and an audience score of 83 percent godzilla vs kong at the time of
this video which was still early and some days after godzilla vs kong was released so far has
a critic score of 76 and an audience score of 94 now let's pick a part where each of them shine
godzilla king of the monsters is a wonder because we get to see the majesty of the kaiju
and how they interact with each other what made people love king of the monsters was all of the
action and seeing some of the old characters like mothra and rodan come back with completely
new revamped designs it was the first movie to actually do a splendid job of portraying rodan
and mothra as living characters sure there was some cgi before this nothing topped here as we
saw in godzilla king of the monsters though surely there was a lot of nostalgia that helped godzilla
king of the monsters because it was the first time seeing mothra i believe since godzilla
final wars in 2004 and she was only ever mentioned in the anime trilogy of godzilla city on the edge
of battle in 2018 and the last time anyone saw rodan was also in final wars in 2004 at least his
living form as he was briefly seen as a corpse or skeleton in godzilla plan of the monsters in 2017.
there was a lot of shock value and reminiscing that went hand-in-hand with this movie
and seeing the titans fight each other even though the scenes were very short
was still jaw-dropping witness not to mention one of the biggest baddies ghidorah last time
we saw him was in the 2018 anime trilogy godzilla city on the edge of battle
but he was a completely different iteration and that ghidorah looks so different than how even
previously showcased in any of the movies that when people slime again in the monster verse
they claimed that was the godor they remembered and of course he had an upgrade as well the
problem that a lot of people seem to have had with godzilla king of the monsters was that even though
the movie was fun and action oriented and exciting there was too much crammed in all at once and so
even the titans weren't given as much time to be flushed out as they were in godzilla vs kong in
godzilla vs kong we see things mostly from kong's perspective and there was still time to build
character and relate to him you see godzilla had already been established as a character so there
really wasn't any need to build him up in the godzilla versus kong movie you can say that there
was as much action here as there was in king of the monsters but the way that it was executed was
so much better in that we could clearly see the fights there were rounds and while the kaiju were
fighting the edits were not janky and constantly cutting away every few seconds so we were able
to clearly see what was going on without too much focus on the human element the human element also
existed in godzilla vs kong specifically for the reason of driving along the storyline for
the kaiju which is what most people wanted to see we forgave the humans on screen because they were
only talking about the kaiju or the effects of the kaiju or the effects bad humans had on the kaiju
the pacing was also so much better in godzilla vs kong than it was in king of the monsters
unlike king of the monsters godzilla vs khan gave the audience time to breathe but never
slowed down the pace so much the point we felt bored and while you can argue that the pacing
is probably bad for godzilla movies in general it really helps to not feel the effects of it
at all or to even think the complete opposite when you don't feel like you have to look down
at your phone or you don't feel like you want to set your hair on fire throughout most of the movie
until the monsters show up on screen again it's as if the director for godzilla vs kong took all
of this into account and fixed these issues in godzilla vs kong one of the pet peeves i
see people complaining about with king of the monsters is that there were so many kaiju but
most of them showed up for no reason for example in king of the monsters they had already put in
the trailer that these kaiju methuselah behemosila were going to be awakened and the very same short
clips that they added to the trailer was all there was in the movie some people felt cheated
and thought these monsters were going to have more of an integral role they were quite disappointed
to realize that basically the extent of their time on screen was already given away in the trailers
there was no interaction no real interaction between those monsters and ghidorah or godzilla
the only time we ever happen to see them is behind the humans on a tv screen or a monitor
just randomly running into things and not really showcasing what they can do then they bow down at
the end to godzilla without ever challenging him like rodan challenged ghidorah you can probably
say that they probably saw how godzilla tore the fabric of space and time between ghidorah's ass
and decided that maybe it was a wiser choice to just like not slap that snake but nobody
nothing else nothing the third act of king of the monsters was arguably the best part of the movie
while it seems as though most people are in the common consensus that they enjoyed godzilla vs
kong throughout the entirety of its run time with having only a few gripes to pick here and there
the major component that i think worked especially well for godzilla vs kong was
the ending the reintroduction of another titular character mechagodzilla was not only nostalgic but
important to drive along a major point for the godzilla versus kong movie one that was not really
in godzilla king of the monsters and that was earning respect you see in godzilla king of the
monsters even though i know this has a lot to do with the older movies godzilla had to protect the
planet he already earned his stripes and fighting many monsters and staying at the top of his game
for many millennia he got beat down by a bigger foe and needed help from mothra and the humans
but in the end he handled it completely this was to be expected the difference with godzilla vs
kong is that not only was kong easily relatable to a human audience because of his humanism
in his expressions in physical form but because he was an underdog kong was a super-sized ape with
no special abilities outside of his strength and agility and going up again essentially a nuclear
reactive dragon that is the embodiment of the hard to destroy reptile everyone was betting on these
two because it was two titular characters against each other one definitely being the underdog
and one being a much-loved iconic beast the draw to the fight was there and honestly
when you have a david and goliath movie or an underdog up against a bigger dog movie
people will always be more interested in seeing the outcome of that than a movie where they expect
the main character to win against another character they don't really relate to the
element of people coming together to root for who they wanted to win was a part of the camaraderie
and that wasn't really experienced in godzilla king of the monsters overall the kaiju element
was wonderful in both movies but the execution of the fight scenes and the relatability factor
and the expressions of the monsters was a slightly bigger draw and it made a better kaiju movie
but those are just my thoughts in my opinion king of the monsters bows down to godzilla vs kong
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